Senate

Fatima Payman

Senator for Western Australia

Australia's Voice · AV

Federal parliamentary service4 years 3 month(s) and 28 days.Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026

Current ministry / shadow entries0Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 1 July 2022.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

1 July 2022 – CurrentSenate
Elected to the Senate for Western Australia, 2022.

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.

Parliamentary and party offices

Australia's Voice Whip6 Feb 2025 – Current

These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.

Background before Parliament

Qualifications recorded by Parliament

Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Australia

Occupations recorded by Parliament

Organiser for the United Workers Union from 11.1.2021 to 3.6.2022
Electorate Officer from 30.5.2019 to 23.12.2020.
Pharmacy Assistant and TerryWhite Chemist from 18.2.2018 to 17.2.2020.

Appointment history

View 2 dated office and portfolio entries

Australia's Voice Whip6 Feb 2025 – Current
Independent Whip13 Aug 2024 – 6 Feb 2025

Reported parliamentary expenses

Summary verification pending

Reported office expenditure

April–June 2026 · 2026Q02

A matching record has been staged, but its official summary comparison is not complete. We are withholding the amount until that check passes.

No figure is shown. This does not mean zero spending, missing a declaration or wrongdoing. Salary, office expenditure and declared assets are different records.

Check IPEA’s official expenditure summary

A source match, reporting period and summary reconciliation are required before an amount appears here.

Public financial records

Statutory base salary

Party-size conditions, committee eligibility or office identity still need verification.

$239,270 AUD per year

Base rate effective 30 Aug 2026. This excludes role additions, allowances and personal tax circumstances.

Electorate allowance

$39,700 AUD per financial year under the senator rate.

Tribunal determination · sections 7–8

Checked 28 Oct 2026. Additional offices not matched above remain unverified. A base-only figure is not a verified total salary. Actual expense claims are separate records.

Salary rules Business resources and entitlements Reported parliamentary expenses Senate interests register

A salary rate, expense entitlement, reported office cost and declared asset are different records. Uncollected information is not a zero value.

Declared assets & interests

Public source records · editorial review pending

Initial declaration and later notifications are shown as separate records. These are not a reconstructed list of current holdings or a wealth estimate.

Source update (as supplied): 7/28/2026 2:54:48 PM. Retrieved 2026-10-28. 1 entries withheld pending privacy review. Property locations omitted; family references and possible street addresses withheld for review.

Declaration category

21 source entries shown. One entry can describe several interests.

PropertyInitial declaration · 8/17/2025 2:00:00 PM

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